The Funeral Owl
“The reporter had collected his son from the crèche and installed him now in the child seat in the back of the Capri. Then he got in the front and asked the question he was determined to keep asking until he got a satisfactory answer: ‘How’s Grace?’ ‘Fine.’ Humph pretended to monitor a car behind them in the rear-view mirror as they swung past Christ Church and up the Ely Road towards The Jolly Farmers.
‘Seen her today then?’ ‘Sure. We played draughts out on the lawn. Three games. Her mum’s agre...ed to a couple more days at her nan’s. She’ll have to go to school, but I can ferry her in and out. And she can go back at weekends if she wants.’ ‘What did you talk about?’ ‘Stuff. The dog mainly. She’s smitten.’ Dryden checked Eden. The child was already asleep, his lips creating a perfect rosebud.
‘You could just ask her why she ran away from home,’ he said. ‘Tell her you don’t believe it’s just about the stepfather, or the stepsisters and stepbrothers.MoreLess
‘Seen her today then?’ ‘Sure. We played draughts out on the lawn. Three games. Her mum’s agre...ed to a couple more days at her nan’s. She’ll have to go to school, but I can ferry her in and out. And she can go back at weekends if she wants.’ ‘What did you talk about?’ ‘Stuff. The dog mainly. She’s smitten.’ Dryden checked Eden. The child was already asleep, his lips creating a perfect rosebud.
‘You could just ask her why she ran away from home,’ he said. ‘Tell her you don’t believe it’s just about the stepfather, or the stepsisters and stepbrothers.MoreLess
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